State AmeriCorps Programs
Program: Alternative Classroom Experience/Summer Camp
Description: Residential educational and social development for school-age children in central Arkansas.
Sponsor: Kiwanis Activities, Inc. (Pfeifer Kiwanis Camp)
Contact: Binky Martin-Tollette
Address: 5512 Ferndale Cutoff Rd., Little Rock, AR 72223
Phone: 501-821-3714 | Fax: 501-821-2629 | email
Program: Arkansas GardenCorps
Description: Provide nutrition education and manage gardens in school and communities around the state.
Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Research Institute
Contact: Emily English, Program Director
Address: 1 Children's Way, Slot 512-26, Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone: 501-364-3390 | Fax: 501-364-1950 | email
Program: Arkansas Reads
Description: Statewide adult literacy and English as a second language tutoring.
Sponsor: Arkansas Literacy Councils, Inc.
Contact: Belinda Sanders, Program Director
Contact: Nancy Leonhardt, ALC Executive Director
Address: 801 S. Louisiana St., Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-907-2490 | Fax: 501-907-2492 | email | email
Program: Boys and Girls Club of Central AR
Description: Support 1st grade through 12th grade youth engagement, service learning strategies and summer programing that help achieve academic and behavioral outcomes for studendts in low-achieving elementary, middle, and high schools.
Sponsor: Boys and Girls Club of Central Arkasnas
Contact: Cindy Doramus, CEO
Address: 1616 W. 3rd Street, Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-666-8816 | email
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Sponsor: City of Little Rock
Contact: Dr. Kimberly Adams, Program Director
Address: 500 West Markham, Room 120W Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-371-4731 | email
Program: Coordinated School Health Program
Description: Provide in-school physical activity, health knowledge and skills to make healthy life choices to 1st-5th graders.
Sponsor: Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
Contact: Jenny Saterlee/Jeri Craven, Co-Directors
Address: 1022 Scogin Drive, Monticello, AR 71655
Phone: 870-367-4869 | Fax: 870-367-9877 | email | email
Program: Future Teacher Initiative
Description: Early childhood educational development to prepare children for school.
Sponsor: Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
Contact: Kim Pesaresi/Candace Howard, Co-Directors
Address: 1022 Scogin Drive, Monticello, AR 71655
Phone: 870-367-4830 | Fax: 870-367-9877 | email | email
Program: Girl Scouts—Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma & Texas (Planning Grant)
Description: Planning grant will develop an AmeriCorps program to engage members to serve girls in poorly performing school districts grades K-12 focusing in the area of education.
Contact: Grier Pegram, Program Director
Address: 11311 Arcade Drive, Little Rock, AR 72212
Phone: 800-632-6894 ext. 6235 l email
Program: Our House, Inc.
Description: Provide job placement services, job support, training and other services to unemployed and underemployed homeless or near-homeless adults; school-readiness interventions, developmental support and educational programming for pre-school children who are homeless or near home-less.
Sponsor: Our House, Inc.
Contact: Maureen Martin/Joy Ritchie
Address: 302 E. Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, AR 72206
Phone: 501-374-7383, ext. 238 | email | email
Program: Smart Start
Description: Math and literacy tutoring and mentoring for school-age children in southeast Arkansas.
Sponsor: Southeast Arkansas Education Service Cooperative
Contact: Jenny Satterlee, Program Director
Address: 1022 Scogin Drive, Monticello, AR 71655
Phone: 870-367-4825 | Fax: 870-367-9877 | email
Program: Teach for America – Arkansas
Sponsor: Teach for America – Arkansas
Contact: Tamela Garth, Program Director
Address: 1 World Avenue, 3rd Floor, Little Rock, AR 72202
Phone: 501-404-4051 | email
https://arkansas.teachforamerica.org
Program: United Way of Northwest Arkansas
Description: AmeriCorps members will provide capacity building services for expanding the Arkansas 2-1-1 system to all counties in the state.
Contact: Carlos Garbutt, Program Director
Address: 100 Parkwood Street, Lowell, AR 72745
Phone: 479-750-1221 | email